BPL Community Profile
steven franchuk (Surf) - BPL Premium Member
|
|
You cannot send this user a personal message (PM) because they have not specified a PM email address yet.
All Forum Posts by steven franchuk
 |
Re: Need to buy a rain jacket for hiking/bike touring...educate me on the options Softshells have have a water repellent coating (DWR). The hydrostatic head (a measure of how waterproof a fabric is) of softshells is basically zero. A softshell will not keep you dry in a hard... |
||
|
Re: Tape the Cuben Fiber or Sew it? I haven't worked with Cuben but from what I have read in other posts is that the stiching should be reinforced with tap. Otherwise the unreinforced stich will eventually fail. I do not recall ... |
||
|
today they only make Small , Mediums, and Large. "When wearing a hip belted framed pack I can fit my fingers under my straps. This is normal. The straps are there to keep the pack against your back. Not to carry any real load." Would... |
||
|
Re: Easiest shelter to set up... with one arm? "BTW, I used my right hand because I thought that if you only have one hand that will be the one you favor." I am left handed and in my experience it is the left arm or hand that gets ... |
||
|
Re: Re: Bearikades "Btw, I noticed the Scout isn't on the approved container list. Is that an oversight?" Probably, The scout is the newest one in the bearikade lineup. I recently aquired one and wh... |
||
|
Re: .Critter cans If you goal is just to keep critters out of your food go to the hardware store and my a piece of PVC pipe. buy the largets diameter you can find. Then buy two endcaps. Using PVC glue glue one e... |
||
|
Re: Rainshell question to our UK based BPL'ers: PacLite vs GoreTex PacLite is the name for one of the first 2.5 layer goreTex fabrics. ACR is a newer version of Gortex with improved breathability over Packlite. Both are waterproof. The real question is which on... |
||
|
Re: Bearvault size reduction Now you have made it small enough that a bear might be able to pick it up with his mouth. the bear now can pick it up, walk a mile, and then start working at it. Will the glue hold up to the bear... |
||
|
Hard water and backflushing. "I talked to the Sawyer people. They recommended flushing and back flushing with hot water and/or vinegar." Hot water and or vinegar are frequent;y used to dissolve hard water deposits... |
||
|
Re: First compass A button compass basically just tells you which way is north and nothing else. With a proper compass you taking readings from known mountains in the distance and then transfer that to your mape an... |
All Reader Reviews by steven franchuk
steven franchuk has posted no reviews.
